Expression of Interest: Senior Procurement Manager

BAT (Indonesia) (Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia)

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

We are BAT, a truly global company with a highly successful past and a transformational future. Founded in 1902, we have evolved into one of the world’s leading consumer goods businesses, the only truly global company in our sector. As a leading FTSE company, we are spread across six continents and have more than 50,000 people worldwide. Our purpose is to build A Better Tomorrow™ by reducing the health impact of our business through offering a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky*† products for our consumers. We are becoming a business that defines itself, not by the product it sells, but by the consumer needs that it meets. We are creating the brands of the future – brands with purpose. Digital transformation, technology and innovation are driving this change. And it will be actioned by our people, through our culture and values. And while we have a long and proud history of sustainability achievements, we are transforming from being a business where sustainability has always been important to one where it is front and centre in all that we do.

About this position

BAT is evolving into a global multi-category business and is looking for a Senior Procurement Manager to lead Direct and Indirect Procurement, focusing on strategy, smart spend management, innovation, and quality partnerships.

Responsibilities

• To lead the team to drive cost optimization, productivity saving and lead the process of sourcing execution to ensure delivery of the category strategy and targets against requisite timeframes
• Apply global policies, standards and platforms including the agreed strategic sourcing process to deliver robust terms and conditions that manages Procurement’s service delivery and commercial risk
• Ensuring and execute sustainability policy and corporate social responsibility program while dealing with third party management (where applicable)
• Be responsible for the execution of category strategies and development of sourcing plans at end market level
• To review and update sourcing plans on a periodic basis in alignment with the release of new updated category strategies
• Pro-actively share knowledge, best practices amongst the members of the Procurement community and identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities
• Build strong internal and external business relationships to ensure the delivery of the category strategy
• Act as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) within the region, global, where required, and input into supplier business reviews

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economy, Business, Supply Chain or similar
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement or other related experience with a minimum of 2 years leading category/team
• High level of commercial awareness and project Management
• Strong business acumen and interpersonal & communication skills
• A focus on service delivery and savings along with the ability to drive innovation and change
• An advanced knowledge of procurement processes, methods, and techniques, including advanced negotiation & influencing skills
• Ability to perform in complex cross-functional, global, business environment and handle multiple tasks successfully
• Detailed knowledge of supply market, supplier capabilities, competitor activity, and expected trends at a geographic